Rapper 50 Cent ordered by N.Y. judge to forfeit guns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. rapper 50 Cent was ordered to
surrender any guns he might have after a judge on Friday issued
a temporary restraining order requested by the rapper's
ex-girlfriend, lawyers said.

A lawyer for the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson,
said he would contest the order and that 50 Cent did not have
guns or access to guns. "To my knowledge, he has no guns," said
lawyer Brett Kimmel.

The order bars 50 Cent from being in contact with Shaniqua
Tompkins, the mother of his 10-year-old son, without the
court's permission, lawyers said.

50 Cent and Tompkins have been locked in a legal fight over
money. Tompkins has argued that she is entitled to half of 50
Cent's estate, based on an oral agreement.

The dispute escalated last month after a fire destroyed the
rapper's $2.4 million Long Island home, where Tompkins lived
with their son.

Police said they were investigating the fire as suspicious.

The Stamford, Connecticut-based rapper has denied any
involvement in the fire and separately on Friday filed a $20
million defamation lawsuit in a Connecticut Superior Court
against Tompkins for statements she made to the media.

"It's completely baseless and it's retaliatory," Tompkins'
lawyer, Paul Catsandonis, said of the defamation suit. "It's
nothing more than an attempt to rehabilitate his image."

Since his debut album in 2003, 50 Cent has built a business
with a record label, a clothing and footwear line, ringtones
and video games. He has also starred in a movie based on his
life, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."